Tisch MS News

March 29, 2019: At Journal Club, our experts sat down to discuss a paper on immunoglobulins and MS. Rojas et al 2019 - Recirculating Intestinal IgA-Producing Cells Regulate Neuroinflammation via IL-10 mmunoglobulins are a class of proteins found in the blood and in the cells of the immune system...

March 22, 2019: At Journal Club, our experts sat down to discuss a paper on the relationship of the flu virus and relapses. Blackmore et al 2017 - Influenza infection triggers disease in a genetic model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis Previous research has established a link between...

For Immediate Release TISCH MS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK AWARDED $1 MILLION NATIONAL MS SOCIETY GRANT FOR PHASE II STEM CELL RESEARCH Momentum Continues in Landmark Study Targeting Repair and Regeneration New York, NY – March 11, 2019 – Tisch MS Research Center of New York (Tisch MSRCNY) today...

"There's No Tragedy For Me" Selma Blair Opens Up About MS Diagnosis with Vanity Fair It was about 10 P.M. on Thursday, August 16, and Selma Blair, 46, was lying on an M.R.I. bed, her body jerking uncontrollably. She had spent the past five years or so fending off a battery of puzzling symptoms that...

February 22, 2019: At Journal Club, our experts sat down to discuss a paper that assessed the dynamics of oligodendrocyte generation in patients with multiple sclerosis. Yeung et al 2019 - Dynamics of oligodendrocyte generation in multiple sclerosis Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the...

February 1, 2019: At Journal Club, our experts sat down to discuss a paper on patterns of glia repair and remyelination in antibody-mediated models of MS. Liu et al 2018 - Distinct patterns of glia repair and remyelination in antibody-mediated demyelination models of MS and NMO MS is associated...

January 25, 2019: At Journal Club, our experts sat down to discuss a paper on serum GFAP levels as a potential disease biomarker. Abdelhak et al 2018 - Serum GFAP as a biomarker for disease severity in multiple sclerosis GFAP is a protein expressed in astrocytes that helps support their functions...

January 18, 2019: At Journal Club, our experts sat down to discuss a paper on exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells. Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells attenuate inflammation and demyelination of the central nervous system in EAE rats by regulating the polarization of microglia...